1 “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first dragracer to run the 1/4 mile at more than 200 mph. He...
I have just watched “The Italian Job,” the 1969 original. At the time of writing, the remake has not hit...
Canadian Bill Brack was running a Lotus 41 in 1968, as well as the “Hot Wheels” Mini Cooper, and I acted as his sponsor-hunter and team manager. The toy company Hot Wheels was our sponsor. We did displays introducing the new products all across Canada, in fact we basically introduced...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
Foretelling the future is impossible, yet that is what executives in car companies have to do. When I was a kid, by the year 2000, cities would be traversed by monorails, and we’d all have our private helicopters and wear one-piece jumpsuits. The nearest to disharmony would be at meal...
1968 Lolita MkI & the 1969 Lolita MkII My first car was a British Motor Corporation Mini. I had just turned...
The Earl of March has announced the theme of the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for July 3–5, as...
With the 12th annual Goodwood Revival set for September 18–20, the organizers are planning to celebrate a pair of prominent Golden Anniversaries. It’s now been a full 50 years since Aston Martin clinched its World Sportscar Championship with victory in the 6-hour Tourist Trophy race at the track, and 1959...
For two consecutive years—1969 and 1970—Porsche won the World Manufacturers Championship. Brian Redman was an important part of the teams,...
Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk reopened the Kop Hillclimb after 84 years, speeding up the hill in a 2009 Mini after...
My time with the BMC competitions department saw me racing the big Austin Healeys, and later racing at Le Mans in an MG. The Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S came along and they became world beaters in every racing and rallying competition category they entered. This was due to...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched...
For anyone involved in motor sport within Australia, the name of Bob Holden has been a prominent one for many...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output with much of the weight at the front looked impossible to take seriously. Then it ran, and the detractors quickly went quiet. It was indeed a beast of a car...
A quartet of Minis leads the field away from the start of the touring car scratch race for the H.M.V....
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
Some 45 years after making headlines at the Monte Carlo Rallye, the iconic Mini name is back on the World Rally Championship stage. Recently launched at the Mini spiritual home at Cowley, Oxford, England, the Mini John Cooper Works WRC team made its racing debut at the Rally d’Italia Sardegna...
Starting his career in the early ’60s behind the wheel of a Mini, John Fitzpatrick quickly worked his way to...
The LeMay – America’s Car Museum will have its grand opening on June 2, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington, having completed...
For three short years, in the early 1960s, Christabel Carlisle, now Lady Watson, was the name on the lips of everyone who attended race meetings in the UK. At that time, it was controversial for women to race cars. However, from out of nowhere she was an instant success. During...
Tony Robinson: The Biography of a Race Mechanic By Ian Wagstaff Everyone knows that the best racing stories are those...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around cars. The day I turned 17, the first thing I did was to go and buy my driving license—it’s what you did back then. You put your money on the...
Few cars in the history of the automobile can be viewed as more revolutionary than the Mini. Designed by Sir...
VR: Tell me how you first became enamored with cars. Like so many of us, I would imagine you were...
The man who held honorary SCCA Competition License No. 1, Ohioan Chuck Dietrich, has died at the age of 88. A two-time SCCA National Champion—G Modified in 1963 with a Bobsy SR2-Ford, and Formula B in 1967 with a McLaren M4B—Dietrich began racing in 1948 with an MG TC. In...
Everyone who experienced the 1960s has fond memories of the glory years of sedan racing. The burnt-orange Mustangs, dark blue...
One of the delights of Vintage Racecar is reading the small ads and being reminded of the sheer diversity of...
Bugatti type 57 Grand Prix – A Celebration By Neil Max Tomlinson To dispel myths and legends of any subject is a very tall order. As a writer and researcher you stand alone with your head above a parapet just waiting to be shot down once your findings are published....
